Alrighty, I am blogging this because I love the venue, the people there and I think that this is a refreshing competition.

Straight from the note card:

Thank you for your interest in The Lyrical Cafe’s first bi-monthly Slam Contest. We are looking for shining stars like yourself to bring your best work and hope that your performance will be stellar.
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As with any other contest there are Rules that must be applied and they are as follows:

- Your work must be original, your very own creation.
- All poets must send a copy of the poem they are reading to staff with their entry form.
- You cannot deviate from the work you submitted or that will cause immediate disqualification.
- Your work must be three to five minutes in length.
- Your entry form must be turned in on or before February 25th.
- If you are offensive during your peformance, you will be ejected from the sim.
- If you are performing, you must be at least ten minutes early or be put down as a no show.

On the lighter side of things, we want you to enjoy yourself but here are some tidbits of information that might be of interest to you:

- All  will be judged on four categories; delivery, creativity, content, and originality.
- The judges will score between one through five in each category.
- You have to stay for the entire event in order to qualify.
- There will be a total of three judges on the panel.
- This will be  a bi monthly event that will be held by the Lyrical Cafe.
- Your name will be displayed as the winner until the next contest.
- If you win you cannot enter your name in the upcoming contest; you must skip at least one.
- There will be a total of four Slam Poetry contests ending on August 28th.
- The schedule this year will be February 27th, April 24th, June 26th and August 28th @ 4pm SL.
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Note: We are looking for raw energy, passion, and those with the ability to draw the crowd into their performance. We are looking for those individuals who can knock the socks off the panel.
Break a Leg!
~ Lyrical Cafe Staff ~

And just in case you’re wondering where Lyrical Cafe is, it’s here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Peaceful%20Dreams/38/161/25

Avatar Writes is looking for submissions from writers!

www.avatarwrites.com is a relatively new blog by Skylar Smythe and Josue Habana focussing entirely on the arts and music scene in Second Life.

In September, we will be looking to publish our first writer’s anthology in world and on the website in PDF format. Looking to see your work in print? Now’s your chance.

To Submit

1. You may submit up to three entries per avatar or poetry (40 lines max for each poem) or prose (1000 works max per piece).

2. Please put all entries on one note card in world and title the note card “[YOUR AVATAR NAME] Avatar Writes” As well as your submissions, please include a two or three line introduction about yourself.

3. Drop the note card on Skylar Smythe in world before 13th September 2009.

We are particularly keen to hear from people who might never have previously shared their creative writing, though submissions will be accepted from all